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Laugh It Out finds the recipe for good comedy

Question: do you have to have a case of Olympic fever to enjoy the Cultural Olympiad? I don’t. And I did. I just have never understood the thrill of curling, luge, bobsled, biathlon or—gasp!—hockey. But music and jokes? I’m there.
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Jay Leno's standup act needs to move beyond the headlines

It’s hard to reconcile the 59-year-old comic Everyman with the Young Turk who used to wow audiences as a monthly guest on the old Late Night With David Letterman show on NBC.
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The Life Game aims for a full range of emotions

Rather than a long-form improvisation where the cast gets all its information upfront from the conversation with the guest, The Life Game is presented as a series of vignettes.
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Practised jokers give comedy fans the goods at the Just for Laughs Comedy Tour

Just for Laughs has been producing comedy galas for 25 years, creating slick shows that always give the audience what it wants. This year’s Comedy Tour was no exception.
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Louis C.K.'s hilarity requires a new vocabulary

Watching Louis C.K. in action, I feel like Alvy Singer professing his “lurve” to Annie Hall. Funny is too weak a word for describing C.K.’s standup comedy.
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No way to see all the greatness of Global Comedy Fest

Trying to squeeze 46 shows into five days is no easy feat. That’s exactly what the Global Comedy Fest did between September 23 and 27.
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Steve Martin and David Cross present a contrast in styles at Global Comedy Fest Q & A

Watching two comedic masters sit and answer questions in a large theatre doesn’t sound like a whole lot of fun. But both Steve Martin and David Cross proved that they can get laughs in any situation.
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Nardwuar and Graham Clark bring impressive end to Olio Festival's comedy

Comedy performances at the Lamplighter on August 13 and Media Club on August 15 made for an impressive finish to the comedy portion of this maiden festival.
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Comedy rock star Russell Peters delivers good, old-fashioned standup comedy

It’s easy—and fun—to dump on the übersuccessful, but comedian Russell Peters is a solid performer who appeals to every ethnicity, and just about every culture seemed represented at June 16’s show at GM Place.
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Dane Cook's gifted storytelling leads nowhere

After Dane Cook’s gig at GM Place on Thursday night, it now seems possible to enjoy standup in a stadium. That didn’t happen on this night, but it’s still possible.
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Self-deprecating Lewis Black has range and vulnerability

Lewis Black knows expectations ruin everything. How often in life do things live up to their hype?
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Unwigged & Unplugged a show to remember

Despite looking like slightly hipper versions of the aging folk singers they parody in A Mighty Wind, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer, of Spinal Tap fame, kept the crowd with them through two hours and two encores.
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Likable Tracy Morgan delivers a sloppy, aimless performance

Tracy Morgan is a funny guy and a big star, but he had his ass handed to him by a local boy on Friday.
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Life Savers serves up sweet female roles

Serge Boucher’s dark comedy Life Savers is all about how we deal—or don’t deal—with tragedy.
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Too many highlights at TheatreSports' Impro-vivor

Vancouver TheatreSports League’s ads say Impro-vivor is back “by popular demand”. Judging from Friday night’s performance, that’s no marketing hyperbole.
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Chelsea Handler delivers brilliant bad taste in a disjointed set

I first came across Chelsea Handler on Oxygen Network’s hidden-camera show Girls Behaving Badly.
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Robin Williams brings huge energy despite stale material

Arguably the most manic comedian in the business, Robin Williams's standup act proves he's an entertainer first and an original comedic voice second.
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Cheech & Chong can still fire it up

From the moment Tommy Chong’s wife Shelby took the stage for a (thankfully) brief standup set, the Queen Elizabeth Theatre was up in smoke.
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Vancouverites are gluttons for comedy

If there was ever any doubt Vancouver could support comedy, the massive turnouts at three high-profile shows last weekend prove we have a gluttonous appetite for the art form.
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Louis CK loses fear of offending

Some comics work years to develop a solid hour of material, then hold on for dear life. Not Louis CK.
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Henry Rollins brings big laughs but little insight

Spending two and a half hours with Henry Rollins isn’t a whole lot different from being cornered at a party by a motor-mouthed liberal arts student, albeit one with a side interest in Nietzsche and weight training.
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iProv a Web-smart show that doesn't always click

On paper, it's a brilliant idea: suggestions are computer-generated, aided in part by the audience and projected onto two big screens on either side of the stage. But...
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Reggie Watts, master of the Global Comedyfest

Nonsensical songs in rap or jazz; crazy gibberish, followed by German and Spanish; and a serious musician with a voice like a possessed angel. The Andy Kaufman Award winner is truly a force of nature.
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Chris Rock still fresh

Four months after his last appearance in the Lower Mainland, Chris Rock laid to rest any notion he’s past his comedic best-before date.
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Wily Raiders of the Lost Improv leaves you wanting more

Raiders of the Lost Improv

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